Hopefully last night put to bed any lingering discussions about the kids who didn't grow up here. One was our best player (who works harder game after game than anyone in the program) and the other scored a memorable goal..

6/17/2014 7:25:16 AM

which means Julian Green bout to wreck shit v Germany

6/17/2014 7:56:24 AM

Guess we are waiting on news now for Jozy and if he is able to go anymore in this tournament. Luckily Portugal seems in total disarray and will be missing several key players it appears. Ronaldo seems like he has no interest in playing a team game so if we can just contain him and find a goal or two I think we can get a win from them as well.

6/17/2014 8:55:43 AM

Make no mistake about Portugal. They are still a very good team and we will have to put in a much better display than we did yesterday. Portugal's close control and finishing is a lot better than Ghana's. Germany is just a better team, Portugal still has more than enough talent to beat us.

That said we have heart and we have Klinsmann! So let's do this shit!

6/17/2014 8:57:59 AM

Very true I guess just based on watching the two games I now feel like getting 3 points there is possible rather than just hoping for a draw. We obviously have a lot to work on because we couldnt hold any sort of meaningful possession for most of that game. Against any semblance of decent offense it is going to result in a goal just like last night.

I think it will take at least 2 goals go get the win if not 3, but for that to happen we are going to have to adjust our play to no Jozy and Bradley has got to play much better because he sets up the offense so much better when he is on.

6/17/2014 9:04:47 AM

How in the fuck was the kick to the face on Dempsey not a red card?

6/17/2014 9:25:34 AM

in the replay it looked like the guy was going for the ball and his foot came up as he was falling

6/17/2014 9:28:42 AM

Yeah, it didn't look too intentional. Did they talk about the injury later? He looked like he had a broken nose.

6/17/2014 9:30:32 AM

Wonder how that will affect Dempseys play. I cant imagine you not being hesitant at least to head the ball with a broken nose.

6/17/2014 9:56:01 AM

Breathing will be difficult especially in the fucking rainforest.

6/17/2014 9:57:49 AM

I would imagine it would affect your breathing, and therefore endurance too... but was it broken?

6/17/2014 9:58:00 AM

It seemed like there should have been many more fouls and yellow cards called last night.

While Ghana is extremely athletic, they also play an extremely out of control style in jump ball situations and on defense, tackling from behind. They just run over people and don't get called for it. That guy with last name that started with an M was a repeat offender in that regard.

6/17/2014 9:59:41 AM

In terms of our playing style last night, I thought that when the game was tied, we actually played a pretty good possession game and created some good looks.

Where we couldn't hold possession was when we were ahead, and there was a clear cause for that (they played more aggressively in midfield and with possession - and we played less aggressive offensively and more reserved to make sure they didnt get runs ahead of us).

6/17/2014 10:02:32 AM

I feel like a lot of calls when Ghana's way last night. We had one bad call go our way towards the end of the game and I remember being like..."it's about fucking time."

Would also like to add that if you get the chance, go out to a busy bar and watch the game with a ton of your fellow countrymen. I'm all for watching games from the comfort of your own home (I pretty much refuse to watch NC State play in public....for various reasons)...but there's nothing like the camaraderie of watching the US play with a bunch of strangers/friends and celebrating goals scored. Just do it.

6/17/2014 10:05:46 AM

Dempsey's nose is fractured. They said it on Mike and Mike this morning.

http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_12_fouls_misconduct_en_47379.pdf


page 61 on red cards

I'll be damned if his foot is going for the ball...

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/F4C714BF571090451830225416192_2fec928b5fe.0.3.7935151859809283408.mp4?versionId=30yewzJRKE2bwHxqF1VrbriYu1gcHA61



[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 10:17 AM. Reason : That is a TEXTBOOK DANGEROUS PLAY]

6/17/2014 10:15:39 AM

First 30 seconds
Dempsey scores at 0:35
Jozy pops a hammy
Next 82 minutes
Ghana scores to tie 1-1
USA Miracle goal
Revenge over Ghana

6/17/2014 10:22:06 AM

^^ yep, just reckless behavior.

6/17/2014 10:46:06 AM

I don't know, it looks like he is off balance more than anything. Not getting a card for clearly going after JJ when they were both on the ground doesn't make sense to me. I thought he may not have seen it or that JJ probably did something shitty on the way down, but after seeing the replay the ref was right there and it doesn't look like JJ does anything to provoke him.

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 11:04 AM. Reason : .]

6/17/2014 11:03:10 AM

eh

6/17/2014 11:09:23 AM

that pic doesn't even come close to tell the story of what happened there

6/17/2014 11:12:41 AM

Jones definitely came down on top of his head with his feet (intentionally, IMO). They both got their licks in and it should have been over after that. The Ghana player, however, retaliated last and I thought he would at least have gotten a yellow for it.

6/17/2014 11:13:40 AM

^^it tells some of it (i couldn't quickly find a gif)

6/17/2014 11:14:27 AM

Yeah I kinda felt like that was semi-intentional.

6/17/2014 12:11:02 PM

what you don't see in that pic is Jones getting completely taken out from behind

his feet landed on the head of the guy that took him out and then he gets an attitude?

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 12:15 PM. Reason : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpz-8QAhJC0]

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 12:15 PM. Reason : teh refs in this game were a fucking disgrace]

6/17/2014 12:12:44 PM

everything you say is true there, but you fail to mention that jones intentionally keeps his legs wrapped around his head and give him a pull, to which muntari retaliates... of course, jones was retaliating to the dirty tackle to begin with.

6/17/2014 12:18:11 PM

Quote :

" keeps his legs wrapped around his head and give him a pull"

what the hell are you watching

6/17/2014 12:21:01 PM

seriously!

I saw nothing that could be even remotely described like that...

6/17/2014 12:22:30 PM

^^that youtube video posted a couple posts up. sure, maybe he's not, but it looks like he might be, and it's really hard to tell. (and not matter how arrogantly you state it, you don't know either)

6/17/2014 12:23:43 PM

I can say with 100% accuracy he does not wrap his legs around his head and give him a pull because I watched the video.

6/17/2014 12:33:14 PM

OK. I hear your opinion.

6/17/2014 12:36:26 PM

You're blind if you didn't see Jones add a little "sauce" while he was falling in the form of kicking the back of the Ghana player's head. He was even apologizing for it afterwards.

6/17/2014 12:40:31 PM

arrogant? how am i being arrogant?

whether he did or did not, it is no excuse for the retaliation not being penalized. Pepe sure didn't get that luxury.

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 12:41 PM. Reason : or the tackle from behind for that matter]

6/17/2014 12:41:19 PM

^^ That is not what Bullet is saying he did.


He clearly left his right leg on his head longer than he could have but his other leg is nowhere close to being wrapped around his head. He was leaving a little extra on him after getting taken out from behind but there's no way you could describe his actions like Bullet did. I don't even know how that could be considered an opinion.

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 12:45 PM. Reason : .]

6/17/2014 12:42:46 PM

Bullet if you could avoid shitting up this entire page on a pointless argument that would be great

6/17/2014 12:45:11 PM

I'm saying that it looked like his actions might have been somewhat intentional, or that he surely didn't do anything to stop getting him in the back of the head (you're getting into silly semantics when you're picking apart my "legs wrapped around his head". I didn't mean he literally got him in a choke hold with his legs or anything, i meant he kept his legs on both sides of his head longer than he needed to and surely did nothing to avoid the extra contact. And I agree, no excuse for muntari's retaliation. and i also agree, pointless argument. My bad Ribs, carry on with your serious internet postin'. (and i wasn't calling you arrogant, Volcom)

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 12:58 PM. Reason : ]

6/17/2014 12:54:24 PM

fuck Ghana

6/17/2014 12:56:11 PM

Larry Munson calls game winning goal vs Ghana:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0M8Y73OP_M

6/17/2014 1:09:56 PM

lol that can't be real

6/17/2014 1:25:32 PM

It's not. Munson passed away in 2011. It's using his calls from the 2001 game at Tennessee and 1980 Florida game. I'm a Georgia fan too, so I absolutely love this clip.

Tennessee game:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL5tRVarfeQ&feature=youtu.be&t=2m50s
Florida game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhWVvsrq5k&feature=kp

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 2:15 PM. Reason : links ]

6/17/2014 2:11:40 PM

No information
http://www.mlssoccer.com/worldcup/2014/news/article/2014/06/16/world-cup-jurgen-klinsmann-optimistic-jozy-altidores-hamstring-injury-wont-s

6/17/2014 2:47:17 PM

Quote :

"Hopefully last night put to bed any lingering discussions about the kids who didn't grow up here. "

i read somewhere that john brooks has never even lived in the US full time. i know it is all within the fifa rules and glad he plays for us, but it just seems weird.

6/17/2014 2:49:19 PM

I work with people who were born overseas to military families who were almost never in the US or born to higher-ups at global companies and thus lived in foreign countries until college. They still have US citizenship.

It is not the norm, but it happens and it's not like he didn't have citizenship.

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 2:54 PM. Reason : ]

6/17/2014 2:53:48 PM

Quote :

"'m a Georgia fan too"

Wat

6/17/2014 4:48:17 PM

It's what the dawg of wolfdawg4 stands for. Go Dawgs

6/17/2014 4:53:37 PM

So King State fan is a sports bigamist? Interesting.

[Edited on June 17, 2014 at 6:16 PM. Reason : Also US soccer]

6/17/2014 6:16:19 PM

People who know me already know this. When State and Georgia play, I pull for State.

6/17/2014 9:31:43 PM

JK is being coy about Jozy, but no way he's back by Sunday. Portugal has to know this already.

6/17/2014 9:36:29 PM

Yeah. I think the earliest Jozy could be back is Germany and that's only if we really need the result.

6/17/2014 9:39:56 PM

Quote :

"In terms of our playing style last night, I thought that when the game was tied, we actually played a pretty good possession game and created some good looks."

You're making a comment based on three minutes of the game?

6/17/2014 11:21:17 PM

I know Portugal looked awful against Germany, but I feel much worse about coming out of this game with point than I did looking at the group to start with.

Portugal is going to be desperate, we're looking at probably no Altidore and a banged up Dempsey. That's not a great recipe for a lot of offense.

6/17/2014 11:42:56 PM